Road-drag.



A. E. MOLL. ROAD DRAG. APPucAnoN FILED ocT.29, 1917.

l ,269,242` A Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

. 2 SHEETS-SHEET L WITNESSES .AUGUST E. IVIOLL, 0F OLATHE, KANSAS.

ROAD-DRAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed October 29, 1917. Serial No. 198,976.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST E. Moni., a citizen of the United States, residing ai; Glathe, in the county of Johnson and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Road-Drags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved road drag for use in scraping, leveling and smoothing the surface of a road and also for use as a snow plow and embodying a beam having reversely extended ends arranged at an angle to the intermediate portion to prevent the beam from being casually overturned and also embodying draw-heads which are detachably connected to the ends of the beam and a draft bar or evener which is de- Ytachably connected to either of the drawheads, so that the drag may be used with either side of its beam foremost and so that the drag may also be used with either its smoothing or road working surface lowermost.'

One object of the invention is to eiiect improvements in the construction of the beam.

Another object of the invention is to edect improvements in the construction of the draw-heads so that the latter may be readily detachably secured on the ends of the beam.

Another object is to effect improvements in the constructionv of the draw-heads and the draw-bar or evener so that the drawbar may be readily detachably secured to either of the draw-heads and without the necessity of employing bolts or other like fastening devices.

Another object is to effect improvements in the. construction of the clevises used on.

the draw-bar and the double trees.

With the above and other objects 1n view Vthe invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a road drag constructed and arranged inv accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detailed transverse sectional view of the same. v

Fig. 3 is a detailed vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. i is a detailed longitudinal horizontal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a detailed section of the beam.

Fig. 6 is a detailed plan of a modified construction of the beam.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the draw-heads.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a drag beam 1 which may be made of iron, steel, of malleable metal or of wood shod with iron or of any other suitable metal. The beam comprises an intermediate portion 2 which when the drag is in use is arranged obliquely to the line of draft and also comprises end portions 3 which extend in opposite directions, one forwardly and the other rearwardly from the intermediate portion and which are at an angle to said intermediate portion and nearly parallel with each other. Said angularly related end portions prevent the beam from being casually overturned. The end portions of the beam may be bent or formed at an angle to the intermediate portion as at 4 or may be curved with reference to the intermediate portion of the beam as at 5 in Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The beam is reversible end for end so that either side may be arranged foremost and is channeled in its front and rear sides from end to end as at 7. The opposing sides of each channel converge toward the center of the beam to form beveled faces 8 and edges 9, l0. The beam is flat on one side from end to end as at 11 and its opposite side has its intermediate portion ridged as at l2 and beveled on opposite sides from the edges l0 to the ridge l2 as at 13. When the drag is used with the ridged side of the beam lowermost the beam will carry the dirt back to the center and cause the dirt and clods coming from the front portion of the drag to feed in under the drag and be thereby pulverized and pressed smooth. The channeled working faces on both the front and rear sides of the beam enable the latter to be reversed end for end as Well as turned with either side 11, 12 uppermost so as to definitely prolong the life of the beaiii and enable the ysaine to be used for a long period of time.l

A draw-head 14 is. provided l for eacli end of the beam and said draw-heads may be de taehably secured to the end of the beam.` Each draw-head has itsifrontendpointedKi and oppositely beveled as at 15 to formV a vertical cutting edge 16 and each lower'head" is also provided with apair of spaced rearl waidlivrextendingearmsl?whiclrcorre'spond" cross-sectionally and arei'adapteditoi fit-tin.

^ extendinglshoulden QOnear its front endiand alsoliasbn; its upperisideiaaplate 21 which is secured gon ;tlie .said Y shoulder and extends rearwardly l above `the draw-.ahead ,forf'atsuitab1e=:,distance,. each a shoulder f: and@V plate I 21 for-innigel .inV effect ia longitaidinal -slot- 22 exvtending@rearwardly Vfrom the ffront :endiOf i the.dravreheadandopen -atthe rear and aip- ,pela'sidesn Eachiend portion 3.-;011' ,thetbeaxn is .epilovdedfbonf its @upper :side yiwitlilza draft plate 23, f-,whielrl is.detachablypseeuredtthere Aon andA ingeeet (forms. ,the ,bottom-nef; ia xislet 22 Theme/.ar :end j ol'aeacha draft plate eis formed with@ dnait hook 24.1

.'llieyldra'ft-ban or evenerfi f is :provided La one 1 ,endi'awithitplatesz 26e-on'` itsi upperzif-and lower sides which Yplates areproioideduon the upper and loweizasinesffotsatidx :draftbar -gwithispaeed langes27f theiwidtlrot .the space between; which corresponden/ith the .wifdtli of the draweheads :so that; '.tlie'- said fend-Lof the :draft-bar \be i-,detaeliablyconnected ,to either one :sof the drawThea'ds. :placing 'the `same vini the. slot :22 of:tliepdrhwehead with the 1 :flanges- 27 i arranged ori-@Opposite 'sidesefothetdrawehead. i The draftebanex- 'tends inwardly from 1 .the :front idrawx-liead andnis jprovided atfjts inner endgwithrfa drafti chain 28; which :maybe engaged with thefdrafthook` 24;'iofthe. platet23xiofstlie -rea-nwardly :extending lend of; thev4 beam. i

A pain fof (double trees 1 .29 fare-:provided -eaeliat .theieenteieiwitha Clavis 30 which :is

triangular in :plan and` isi formed with iside loops31: and :an intermediate loepx Swin- :glentizees 33, are" connected tattlie. endsof the doubletreesa x Aiclevis 34.secured-oir thez'central portion of the draft-bar, is similar to the clevis 30 and has its side loops 35 connected bv chains 36 to the inner side loops of the doubletree clerises. The outer side loops of tlirei.,d'ouble-fftree elevises: are connected to the draft-bar by chains 37 at points near the ends o'f"tlie d raft-bar and the intermediate loefpss33 rofztliefedouble tree clevises are connected to the draft-bar by directly rearwardly leading chains 38.

` 1t will be understood that the draftfplates Y 23"wi'llbesecured on the upper?sideorVj the aend.,nortieiis:oitl1e beam and must be reversed when the beamis reversed.

The foremost. .ldrawahead.` acts 1 somewhat likeiaiplow. Tlierdiag nrayalso 1beusedlas asnowi plow orarsn'o-w Scraper to' pushI snow :from the center/*fief 1.tlief:road f. toth-eYT ditch at oneiside;` Hence myst-drag when tlfiusfused as I afsnow. @plow makes a:y goed road at roncegand prevents snow fromimeltingn tliezroadbed.

While I havewhereinV shown "fanddescr'ibed aipreferredinforml :of myyinventon "I would -haizei-,it understoodithat changes/may be 1 -inade'n-` the'f orm,- .proportionand construcvtionL of itheseverall parts, -withoiit departing from. the :spirit fof my ,inventionA and. within.

the Iscope (of Athe appendedclaims.

Having tliiis describedmyiinvention, what I claimfise.- I Y Y 1.1. Allroad 'draggfof .theclasscdescifibed coin- Yprisingadoeamhavngian1oblquelyy arranged intermediate portion and onwardlyandrearwiardlyjextendingeendiportions/vini combinationiwth a.:dnawehea'dp-adapted(to beidetaeliably andi reversiblywseeured to ieitheiviendxof the beam and a draft element eonneetedidzo fdazwfheada il l C y 21A-.road .dnageothe :class deseribed coins pris'ing a 'beam ihavingnn .obliquely arranged intermediate s .portiona and forwardly f. and rearwardly .eXteifiding entl=` iportions; in. ceinbinationl witl'ina di'awlieadnladapted Ifto i be i detachably and .fieversiblyysecui'ed,to :either f end :oitliefsb eamriandea scliafti element conneoted to itlieidrawhheady; said-iidrawe head having :fa longitudinal? slotwextendingztransv eiselyj tliereaeross-f and .Kopen atiwthe rear side :and :said ldnaftwelenient Akcomprisingfa i' draft bar detaohably fitted in said sloth` v,3.1 Af roar-li dragof thelfclass described l comprising a :beam :having-.fan =oblquely arranged intermediate portion and forwardly; and

rearwardly extending end portions, in vcom-` binati'on.wi-tliza :draweheadadaptedfto qbefidetacliafbly andareveirsibly secured toeitlier-end of the beami; a :draft bar farifanrgedysad- Vance offsaifd obliquelyfarrangedzp ortionY and rear portion of thebeamav A v 1.;A,11road.dragio f Ytliev'elfass describedeomprising a beam having anebliquely arranged 'having i one 1 end secu-red -.to the vdra-wehead, -andxa chairi ieonneeting said draft-bar to kthe portion and an end portion at an angle to mediate portion and forwardly and rearsaid obliquely arranged portion, a draW- Wardly extending end portions arranged at 10 head detachably and reversibly secured to an angle to said intermediate portion, said said end portion of the beam and provided beam being reversible and Hat on one side with a beveled 'front end. and ridged on the opposite side.

5. In a road drag of the `class described, a Intestimony whereof I aiix my signature. beam channeled in its front and rear sides and comprising an obliquely arranged inter- AUGUST E. MOLL.

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